English Written Test Leâ Ngoïc Thaïch 1. When she walked along the riverside, she met her old friend. - Walking ______________________________________________________________ 2. She is very happy to succeed in her examination. - It ____________________________________________________________________ 3. She (go) ________________ to school at 6:30 everyday? 4. He (learn) _____________ English since 1992. He is doing his homework in the living room. 5. Five years ago, he (live) _____________ in the country with his parents. 6. She (work) _________ in her garden with her brother now. 7. he/ morning/ the/ in/ breakfast/ has/ at/ 6:30 _____________________________________________________________________ 8. ever/ you/ have/ an/ seen/ elephant/ zoo/ the/ in ? _____________________________________________________________________ 9. to have/ come/ a/ here/ cup/ of/ coffee! _____________________________________________________________________ 10.If you are not too tired, we can have a ____________ of tennis after lunch. a. match b. play c. game d. party 11.We have _____________ of time to catch the train so there is no need to rush a. enough b. plenty c. very much d. many 12. She will be a millionaire by the time she __________________ forty. a. is b. was c. will be d. is going to be 13. I am tired of my neighbors _____________ their records at full volume every night. a. to play b. play c. having played d. playing 14. Mary hardly ever cooks, _____________? a. does she b. did not she c. doesn’t she d. did she 15. When I opened the door, I _____________ a man on his knees. a. see b. will see c. saw d. have seen 16. Let’s go for a long walk, ____________we? a. will b. do c. shall d. must 17. You are advised to speak only English during the course. - We want _________________________________________________________________ 18. Apples are usually cheaper than oranges. - Oranges _________________________________________________________________ 19. “Why don’t I get a computer?” thought the office manager. - The office manager wondered ________________________________________________ 20. football/ ten/ has/ he/ was/ since/ years old/ played/ he ________________________________________________________________________ 21. The young man/ to/ her/ could/ come/ he/ to/ wanted/ if/ see/ her office. ________________________________________________________________________ 22. I/ would/ take/ me/ out/ wish/ that/ to/ this evening/ you/ dinner. ________________________________________________________________________ 23.This book/ as/ one/ expensive/ as/ is/ that. ________________________________________________________________________ 24. read/ difficult/ your/ it/ writing/ to/ is. ________________________________________________________________________ 25. Supply the following blanks with correct prepositions: In the morning, we get up ____________ 9:30, have breakfast, and then spend two hours ____________ the pool ___________ my friends.____________ 1:00 we have lunch ___________ our room. __________ lunch we eat sandwich and fruit. 26. Could you turn the radio down, please? - Would you mind _____________________________________________? 27. How long is it since they bought the house? - When ____________________________________________________________________ 28. Sitting in a same place so long is uncomfortable. - It ________________________________________________________________________ 1 English Written Test Leâ Ngoïc Thaïch 29. Mr. Brown is a (succeed) ________________ businessman. 30. They are (interest) __________________ in music. 31. That film! It’s very (bore) ___________________. 32. They live (happy) ________________ on a farm. 33. Apples are sold on the street corner. (Turn the sentence into the active voice) _________________________________________________________________________ 34. You didn’t join in the match, _____________? (Add the tag question) 35. I asked someone to make a new dress. (Change into causative form) I had ____________________________________________________________________ 36. If I (be) ______________ you, I would help her. 37. now/ beautifully/ does/ she/ than/ she/ dance/ more/ used to. __________________________________________________________________________ 38. turning/ would/ mind/ lamp/ off/ the/ you/ ? __________________________________________________________________________ 39. He/ English/ two years.______________________________________________________________ 40. I/ my homework/ three/ ago.__________________________________________________________ 41. My friend (see) _______________ her yet. 42. He was walking along the street when we (see) ______________ him. 43. I (tell) _______________ him the truth if I (be) __________________ you. 44. This horse can (ride) _____________ by the boy. 45. There is an old man (live) _________________ in that house. 46. Look! The train (come) _____________________. 47. Fill in the blanks with the correct prepositions: I’m sure _________________ my plan. 48. The girls are fond ____________ story books. 49. you should get acquainted ________________ the newcomer. 50. Daisy sat at the desk ________________ the middle of the room. 51. They jumped ___________ the river. 52. What’s the trouble ______________ Mary? 53. I’m very keen _____________ cycling. 54. He took her ___________ the cinema ____________ a film. 55. It’s difficult (make) _____________ friends in a new school. 56. I speak English well. Mai speaks English well. (Combine onto one sentence, using “as…… as……”) ______________________________________________________________________________ 57. He is too ill. He could not go to school. (Combine onto one sentence, using “so……… that…….”) ______________________________________________________________________________ 58. Today is (hot) _______________ day of the year. (Supply the superlative of the adjective) 59. A new house will be built next year. (Change into the Active voice) ______________________________________________________________________________ 60. We have learnt English for three years. (Change into the Passive voice) ______________________________________________________________________________ 61. Huong went to Hanoi last week. She ____________ there once a few years ago. a. was b. was being c. has been d. is 62. I don’t study hard enough for the examination. I wish I _______________ harder. a. studied b. have studied c. study d. studies 63. I am a teacher, __________________? a. amn’t I b. am I c. aren’t I d. aren’t we 64. Everything is expensive here, ______________? a. is it b. isn’t it c. are they d. aren’t they 65. Every body likes to be independent, _____________? a. is he b. are they c. aren’t they d. don’t they 66. She rarely went to the cinema, _______________? a. did she b. didn’t she c. did they d. didn’t they 67. She _____________ the cold climate. 2 English Written Test Leâ Ngoïc Thaïch a. used to b. get used to c. got used to d. has used to 68. She will buy a new house when she ________________ a doctor in the future. a. become b. becomes c. became d. will become 69. She ______________ English fluently by 1997. a. speak b. speaks c. has spoken d. spoke 70. She is bored ______________ that film. a. to b. at c. with d. on 71. He was surprised __________________ her wonderful beauty on the Women’s Day. a. to b. at c. with d. on 72. She looks forward _____________ seeing her husband coming back soon. a. at b. on c. to d. with 73. Mary goes home. She sees her mother. (Combine these pairs of sentence into a simple one) ________________________________________________________________________________ 74. Mr. Brown is very happy to speak English to his students everyday. - It _____________________________________________________________________________ 75. Thousands of people have to build that castle for him for years. - That castle ______________________________________________________________________ 76. It is possible for Robert to learn English in four years to be able to go abroad. - Robert finds _____________________________________________________________________ 77. She has never read this book before. - It is ____________________________________________________________________________ 78. He failed in the examination last year. - He did not ______________________________________________________________________ 79. has/ Mr. Brown/ English/ learnt/ for/ years/ three. ________________________________________________________________________________ 80. she/ did/ yesterday/ here/ come/ him/ with? ________________________________________________________________________________ 81. It is very (health) ______________ to live in a damp room. 82. Do you have a (nation) _____________ costume in your country? 83. What is the (long) _______________ of the runway at this airport? 84. I feel so (sleep) _______________ I’m going to bed. 85. They’re going to announce the (arrive) ______________ of the Prince. 86. She didn’t say a word as she left the room. - She left _______________________________________________________________________ 87. I started work for the company a year ago. - I’ve _________________________________________________________________________ 88. I haven’t eaten this kind of food before. - This is the first _________________________________________________________________ 89. His parents made him study for his exam. - He was made __________________________________________________________________ 90. I don’t really want to go to the museum. - I’d rather _____________________________________________________________________ 91. The fire has destroyed many houses. - Many houses __________________________________________________________________ 92. May I borrow your pen? - Would you mind ________________________________________________________________? 93. pass/ hard/ we/ our/ study/ examination/ to _______________________________________________________________________________ 94. so/ tobe/ we/ English/ everyday/ at/ practise/ as/ it/ good _______________________________________________________________________________ 95. I/ that/ posted/ I/ the/ said/ letter _______________________________________________________________________________ 96. secretary/ evening/ office/ is/ the/ locked/ by/ the/ every _______________________________________________________________________________ 3 English Written Test Leâ Ngoïc Thaïch 97. to/ matches/ is/ very/ it/ play/ dangerous/ with _______________________________________________________________________________ 98. I (never see) _____________ anyone more punctual than you. 99. He never fails (arrive) _______________ in time to help me. 100. A lot of modern medicines (make) _____________ from plants. 101. You have just missed the last train.” – “ Never mind, I (walk) _____________. 102. Stay her till the light (turn) _________________ green. 103. The game (play) ______________ well by both teams last Sunday. 104. Last night we (watch) ______________ television when the power (fail) ____________________. 105. Would your children mind (keep) ________________ quiet for a moment. I’m trying (fill) __________ in a form. 106. The air is very ______________ there. It isn’t good for your health. a. sure b. pure c. polluted d. delighted 107. A dictionary is a ________________ book. a. research b. fiction c. reference d. catalogue 108. Football is my ______________ sport. a. like b. favorite c. loving d. hate 109. Going abroad is going to a __________________ country. a. familiar b. wonderful c. foreign d. economical 110. In Viet Nam, you must keep your car to the ________________. a. left b. right c. between d. middle 111. She received a lot of (encourage) ________________ from her mother. 112. Their (friend) _______________ has lasted a lifetime. 113. He was very (pride) _____________ of the work he has done. 114. It’s a nice shop and the assistants are all polite and very (help) ____________________. 115. All the courses (begin) _______________ in January will finish in June. 116. Have you got any (suggest) ______________________? 117. It is usually forbidden to destroy (history) _________________ buildings. 118. Fill in the blanks with the correct prepositions: He’s keen ____________ jogging. 119. He sat at the desk ____________ the middle of the room. 120. In spite of the early hour we found a restaurant already open and went ____________ ___________ a quick meal. 121. Say something to cheer her _____________. She is ______________ low spirits today. 122. My brother’s present is different ______________ mine. 123. I agree _______________ you completely. 124. I’m looking _____________ my keys. Have you seen them? 125. My mother made these curtains. - These curtains ___________________________________________________________________ 126. It isn’t necessary to shout. - You need _______________________________________________________________________ 127. We spent two hours getting to London. - It took _________________________________________________________________________ 128. This is his first visit to England. - He is __________________________________________________________________________ 129. Walking in the rain gives him pleasure. - He enjoys ______________________________________________________________________ 130. Travelling by plane is much more expensive than travelling by train. - Travelling by train _______________________________________________________________ 131. It was a bit difficult to get into work this morning. - Getting ________________________________________________________________________ 132. the/ ten/ began/ piano/ John/ ago/ playing/ years ________________________________________________________________________________ 133. never/ a/ story/ I/ romantic/ have/ such/ read 4 English Written Test Leâ Ngoïc Thaïch ________________________________________________________________________________ 134. parents/ him/ his/ study/ made/ his/ exams ________________________________________________________________________________ 135. house/ going/ be/ our/ painter/ is /to/ painted/ a/ by ________________________________________________________________________________ 136. The train leaves at 12.30 and ______________ to Liverpool at 16.30. a. arrives b. finishes c. gets d. reaches 137. My son loves music. At the moment he _________________ to play the piano. a. learn b. learns c. will learn d. is learning 138. Our new house ____________ South. a. faces b. fronts c. looks d. positions 139. I’m _________ my exams in two weeks. a. giving b. making c. taking d. working 140. There is a night club in the town __________________ we don’t go there very often. a. as b. because c. but d. since 141. He’s very fit. He __________________ jogging every day. a. goes b. does c. exercises d. plays 142. The Nile is the world’s ______________ river. a. long b. longer c. longest d. lengthy 143. Susan has been learning the piano ________________ two years. a. for b. from c. since d. during 144. The new model has automatic windows and a more (power) _______________ engine. 145. I’ll never forget the (kind) ______________ you have shown me. 146. The (agree) ___________ we made was for one year only. 147. Most of a child’s time is spent in playing. - A child spends ______________________________________________________________ 148. I last saw my sister in 1999. - I haven’t ___________________________________________________________________ 149. My father is shorter than me. - I am _______________________________________________________________________ 150. I’m afraid I haven’t got time to listen to you. - I wish _____________________________________________________________________ 151. The police have just released John. - John _______________________________________________________________________ 152. Cambridge has a theater but it ________________ got an opera house. a. didn’t b. doesn’t c. hasn’t d. haven’t 153. He is very lonely. He doesn’t have _____________ friends. a. few b. many c. much d. some 154. They are getting married ____________ the end of June a. on b. in c. at d. during 155. I went by train. How did you _________________? a. go b. goes c. going d. gone 156. Mount Everest is the word’s ________________ mountain. a. high b. higher c. highest d. highly 157. The book was much more interesting ______________ the film. a. this b. then c. that d. than 158. The interview will ___________ last for an hour. a. may b. might c. probably d. could 159. She loves horses. She _______________ riding every week. a. goes b. does c. plays d. takes 160. I am going to a job _____________ tomorrow. a. arrangement b. appointment c. interview d. meeting 161. Correct the grammatical mistake in each following sentence: The performance was enough interesting to attract hundreds of people in the city. 5 English Written Test Leâ Ngoïc Thaïch 162. He’s used to gets up late. 163. Please have him to send us some tickets. 164. He often goes to school in the morning but yesterday he has stayed at home. 165. John would give me that book if he has had it. 166. Look at the man! He’s waiting of the bus. 167. She passed the exam because of to study hard. 168. We must do our homework careful. 169. The bag is too heavy for she to lift. 170. Many people still refuse to believe that smoking is (harm) _____________________. 171. I don’t like that film. It is very (bore) _________________. 172. Picture books are very (help) __________ in developing children’s habit of reading. 173. The dog was taken for a walk by Tony. - Tony ________________________________________________________________________ 174. Talking isn’t allowed during the exam. - You _________________________________________________________________________ 175. I haven’t got money to take you out. - If I had ______________________________________________________________________ 176. Marie had to go. - Marie couldn’t __________________________________ any longer. 177. I began learning Chinese two years ago. - I have _______________________________________________________________________ 178. I lived in Germany when I was a child. - I used _______________________________________________________________________ 179. Her sisters always made her go to bed early. - Her sisters never let ____________________________________________________________ 180. When you _______________ him, give him my best wishes. a. will visit b. would visit c. visit d. have visited 181. We prefer comedy ____________ tragedy. a. than b. better than c. to d. better 182. He ran to the station to ______________ the early train. a. ride b. drive c. catch d. go 183. I had Mary ___________ my clothes. a. iron b. ironing c. ironed d. irons 184. I shall do the job to the best of my ___________________. a. capacity b. ability c. knowledge d. talent 185. Correct the mistake in each following sentence: The grey and blue blanket washed yesterday. 186. Open early in the morning, the library is crowded with students. 187. I want to know which you had for breakfast this morning. 188. The sun or the moon, which is biggest? 189. Since he came her last year, he worked harder. 190. His (behave) ____________ has not improved much. 191. The (pure) ___________ of water will be tested. 192. Sleeping all, eating too much and never going out is (health) _________________. 193. To drive fast at an intersection is (danger) ______________________. 194. Magnets will (attractive) ______________ most metals. 195. She is a (collect) _________________ of theater programmers. 196. Parents always advise their children not to cross the street (care) _______________. 197. Mrs. Green is the owner of that car. - That car _______________________________________________________________ 198. We’d better buy a new cooker. - It’s time _______________________________________________________________ 199. They’ll have to change the date of the meeting again. - The date _______________________________________________________________ 6 English Written Test Leâ Ngoïc Thaïch 200. Tom doesn’t play football anymore. - Tom used _____________________________________________________________ 201. The fight to Paris lasted three and a half hours. - It took _________________________________________________________________ 202. When were you born? – What’s _________________________________________? 203. He has been collecting stamps for five years. - He started ______________________________________________________________ 204. “You can’t park here. There is traffic jam in this area” - The policeman said that ___________________________________________________ 205. The woman said ”This carpet was made ___________ so it is expensive” a. by hand b. by the hand c. by hands d. by our hands 206. You are going to come to the party, ________________? a. aren’t you b. do you c. will you d. won’t you 207. His new house ___________ West. a. fronts b. faces c. looks d. positions 208. He came here by car. How did you ________________? a. goes b. going c. go d. went 209. Correct the mistake in each following sentence: She’s used to goes to bed late. 210. They don’t allow us smoke here. 211. Let your body relaxed. 212. The road in front of your house is repairing. 213. Many people should see the birds to fly up from bushes. 214. It was a quietly morning. 215. Please have him to send me some books. 216. That boy can tell us where do Mary live. 217. They’re going to announce the (arrive) ________________ of the President. 218. She is one of the greatest (perform) _________________ to appear in this theater. 219. Conversation is one of the most enjoyable forms of (entertain) _______________. 220. He was turned down for the job because he wasn’t (qualify) ___________________. 221. You shouldn’t ride your bike fast. - I advise ___________________________________________________________________ 222. When Tom entered the room, he saw nothing. - On _______________________________________________________________________ 223. She has always got up early in the morning. - She is used to _______________________________________________________________ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 1. I (not do) _____________ that if I (be) you _____________________. 2. The earth (move) ______________ around the sun. 3. I wish our team (play) ________________ better next time. 4. An international football match (broadcast) ____________________ on TV tomorrow night. 5. September 2 nd (consider) ___________________ a great holiday since 1945. 6. How long you (wait) _________________ for me? – just a few minutes. 7. Nam has great (interest) ______________ in Literature. He’s also (interest) ______________ in learning foreign languages, especially English. He says English is (interest) ______________ but difficult. He sometimes (interest) ______________ his friends by telling them funny stories in English. 8. Fill in the blanks with the correct prepositions: I want to ask my parents ____________ some money. 9. Just a moment! I’m looking _______________ a new word. 10. The teacher is explaining the lesson. Listen ________ her and don’t think ____________ anything else. 11. The train arrived ______________ the station on time. 12. I can’t swim as well as my friend does. 7 English Written Test Leâ Ngoïc Thaïch - My friend ____________________________________________________________________ 13. He wrote the letter in two hours. - It took _______________________________________________________________________ 14. Unless you water these plants every day, they will die. - If ___________________________________________________________________________ 15. Many newspapers are being sold in the city. - People _______________________________________________________________________ 16. Theater prorammes usually have lots of information. - There _______________________________________________________________________ 17. He has been collecting stamps for five years. - He started ___________________________________________________________________ 18. They have just asked him to begin the meeting early. (Change into the Causative Active form) - They _______________________________________________________________________ 19. We enjoy (swim) _________________ along the river. 20. The house hasn’t been sold yet. (Change into Active voice) _____________________________________________________________________________ 21. Dick saw his friend. He waved his friend. (Rewrite a new sentence using present participle) _____________________________________________________________________________ 22. do/ when/ you/ into/ see/ what/ children’s/ you/ a/ library/ go/ ? _____________________________________________________________________________ 23. together/ friendship/ things/ interesting/ doing/ helps _____________________________________________________________________________ 24. When/ will/ built/ bridge/ new/ the/ be/ ? _____________________________________________________________________________ 25. pay/ as/ you/ I/ back/ soon/ can/ I/ as / will _____________________________________________________________________________ 26. He has a good (know) ______________ of science. 27. His long and boring (speak) ______________ made us bored. 28. You are very (differ) _______________ your brother. 29. They will make the (decide) ________________ soon. 30. Fill in the blanks with the correct prepositions: My brother doesn’t like to borrow money _____________ his parents. 31. We may go sailing tomorrow. It depends _______________ the weather. 32. Last night, the telephone (ring) __________________ while we (watch) __________________TV. 33. She wishes she (be) ______________ there with you now. 34. It is difficult to get taxis during rush – hours. - Taxis _______________________________________________________________________ 35. The detective saw the woman putting jewellery in her bag. - The woman _________________________________________________________________ 36. She continued to ask me about you. - She kept ____________________________________________________________________ 37. We haven’t moved anything since they sent you away to cure you. (Change into the passive voice) ____________________________________________________________________________ 38. To look at pictures is interesting. (Make a new sentence, using “It + be + adj”) ____________________________________________________________________________ 39. You had better (would rather) tell me about yourself. (Change into the negative) ____________________________________________________________________________ 40. She sings (well) ______________ in our village. (Use superlative adjective) 41. all/ English/ over/ the/ spoken/ is/ world ____________________________________________________________________________ 42. city/ how/ this/ in/ have/ you/ long/ lived? ____________________________________________________________________________ 43. Fill in the blanks with the correct prepositions: The house is ____________ fire. Call _____________ help? 8 English Written Test Leâ Ngoïc Thaïch 44. ______________ night, we can see millions ______________ stars _______________ our heads. 45. ____________ an average, women live longer than men. 46. He spends two hours a week sorting out stamps. - Sorting out stamps ___________________________________________________________ 47. The garage is servicing my car on Sunday. - My car ____________________________________________________________________ 48. They can’t put you in prison if they haven’t tried you. (Change into the passive voice) ___________________________________________________________________________ 49. The dog was fed. It lay down by its owner’s chair. (Combine into one sentence using present participle) ___________________________________________________________________________ 50. He never does his homework. If he (do) ____________ his homework, he (not worry) _____________ about his examination. 51. Complete each sentence with an antonym word: Rice and tea aren’t imports in Viet Nam. They are _____________ in Viet Nam. 52. Nguyen Hue is a broad street. It is a _______________ street. 53. The movie is not interesting . It’s _________________. 54. I’m not free on Monday evening. I’m __________________ on Monday evening. 55. This is an old dress. It is not a _______________ dress. 56. The teacher is standing outside the class. He is not standing ________________ the class. 57. A person who can’t speak and hear is called __________________. a. a character b. a deaf c. a blind d. a deaf-mute 58. Her room seemed warmer with a nice _________________-- on the wall. a. booth b. poster c. shelf d. curtain 59. My parents will ______________ their wedding anniversary next month. a. make b. celebrate c. remember d. promise 60. The meeting was _____________ in the park last week. a. revived b. held c. developed d. joined 61. If you don’t’ understand many words, you can ____________ them up in the dictionary on the table. a. look b. get c. find d. finish 62. The ______________ in Viet Nam usually begins in December and ends in July. a. football match b. football team c. football fan d. football season 63. I can assure you I will arrange everything in time. (Change into the passive voice) ___________________________________________________________________________ 64. Come and see me tomorrow, __________________? (Add a tag question) 65. He showed his father the burst ball. He asked him to fix.(Rewrite a new sentence using a present participle) __________________________________________________________________________ 66. Which is (interesting) ____________, this book or that one? Who among them is (studious)___________ in our class? (Rewrite the sentence using the comparative or superlative) 67. This building is high. It is large too. (Combine the sentence by using “both…. and… ”) ___________________________________________________________________________ 68. When those potatoes (plant) _______________? 69. If you (see) _____________ Mary today, please (ask) ______________ her to call me. 70. The little boy wishes he (become) __________________ an acrobat when he grows up. 71. He spends two hours a week sorting out stamps. - Sorting out stamps _____________________________________________________________ 72. She didn’t say a word as she left the room. - She left _______________________________________________________________________ 73. I don’t really want to go to the museum. - I’d rather _____________________________________________________________________ 74. He has to park his cars in the right places. - His cars ______________________________________________________________________ 75. Fill in the blanks with the correct prepositions: Swimming is regarded __________________ a very good sport for keeping fit. 76. I rely _______________ the bus for getting ____________ and pro. 9 English Written Test Leâ Ngoïc Thaïch 77. We should go ________________ foot. It’s only a question ___________ habit. 78. Turn the lights _____________. We must economize _________________ electricity. 79. The radio isn’t working because you haven’t plugged it _________________. 80. I’m not accustomed _______________ getting involved ______________ other people’s business. 10